Bottling-machine.



PATENTED JUNE 4, 1907.

C. W. ELLIOTT; BOTTLING MAUHINB. APPLICATION rmm DBO. 26, 1005. RENEWEDFEB. 25, 1907.

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UNITED STATES PATENT union.

.BOTTLING-IVIACHINE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 4, 1907.

Application filed December 26,1905. Renewed February 25, 1907. SerialNo. 359,126.

The purpose of the present invention is to' combine with a bottlingmachine means for exhausting the air from the bottle preliminary tofilling the same with the result that no liquid or gas is wasted and notime lost, the operation being hastened and greatly facilitated. 1

The invention contemplates combining with the filler head of a bottlingmachine, means for exhausting the air from the bottle, said me ansembodying a valve which is adapted to be operated by the usual handleemployed for sealing or closing the bottle after it has been filled.

For a full description of the invention and the merits thereof and alsoto acquire a knowledge of the details of construction of the means foreffecting the result, reference is to be had to the followingdescription and accompanying drawings.

While the invention may be adapted to different forms and conditions bychanges in the structure and minor details without departing from thespirit or essential features thereof, still the preferred embodiment isshown in the accompanying drawings, in which:

Figure 1 is a perspective view of a bottling machine embodying theinvention. Fig. 2 is a sectional detail of the filler head on a largerscale, showing the invention applied thereto. Fig. 3 is a front view ofthe upper portion of the machine showing the parts on a larger scale.

Corresponding and like parts are referred to in the followingdescription and indicated in all the views of the drawings by the samereference characters.

The bottling machine illustrated is of ordinary construction and hasbeen selected because illustrative of the type to which the invention inpractice has been applied. It is to be understood that the invention maybe readily adapted to any make or style of machine.

In the machine shown in the accompanying drawings, the numeral 1designates the filler head which is carried by 1163.113 of a yoke 2vertically movable and operatively connected with a treadle mechanism soas to be actuated by foot power. The filler head, yoke and actuatingmeans are of well known construction and are illustrated simply to showthe application of the invention.

The filler head 1 is provided with a cup 3 adapted to receive the-upperend of the bottle and within said cup is located a gasket 4 of rubber orlike material to insure the formation of a tight joint between thebottle and the filler head. Coupling ends 5 and 6 project from thefiller head, preferably in diametrically opposite directions and pipes 7and 8 are connected therewith. The pipe 8 connects with the means forsupplying syrup, water and gas or the like with which the bottles are tobe filled. The pipe 7 connects with an air exhausting means. In thepreferable arrangement a vacuum chamber 9 is employed and the pipe 7makes connection therewith, said chamber 9 being connected to a vacuumpump 10 or like appliance for eX- hausting the air from the chamber 9. Avalve is interposed in the length of the pipe 7 and is arrangedpreferably adjacent to the filler head 1 and controls the communicationbetween the filler head and the air exhausting means or vacuum chamber9. The valve is preferably of the self-closing type and embodies acasing 11 and a reciprocating gate 12, the latter being normally actedupon by means of a spring 13 interposed between its inner end and saidvalve casing. An open ing 14 provided in the valve, gate or closure 12is normally out of register with the passage establishing communicationbetween the filler head and pipe 7. When the valve, grate or like part12 is pressed inward, the opening 14 is caused to register with the pipe7 and coupling 5, thereby establishing communication between the fillerhead and the air exhausting means, whereby the air from the bottle inposition is exhausted preliminary to the filling operation.

The bottle closer 15 operates through the filler head, yoke and astuffing boX applied to said yoke and is connected at its upper end tothe usual operating handle or lever 16, which is connected by a link 17to an arm 18 fast to or formed with the yoke 2. The valve in terposed inthe length of the pipe 7 is adapted to be controlled by means of thelever or handle 16, and for this purpose a rod or arm 19 is connected atone end with said lever or handle 16 and its opposite end is arranged tocome in contact with the valve or closer 12 so that upon depressing theouter end of the lever or handle 16, the valve12 will be pressed upon toeffect opening thereof. Upon removing the pressure from the handle orlever 16, it will be returned to normal position by means of a spring 20surrounding the bottle closer 15 and normally exerting an upwardpressure thereon. As the lever or handle 16 returns to normal position,the valve 12 likewise assumesa normal position by the action of thespring 13, thereby cutting off the air exhausting means from the fillerhead.

For convenience and simplicity of construction the arm 19 is utilized asconnecting means between the lever 16 and the bottle closer 15, the headof the latter being forked to receive the lever 16 and the upper end ofthe arm 19 passing through coinciding openings in the lever and theembracing parts of the bottle closer head. 1

The operation of the invention is as follows: A bottle being placed inposition in the usual manner and the filler head closed thereon byoperating the treadle mechanism, the outer end of the handle or lever 16is depressed, thereby opening the valve 12 and establishingcommunication between the bottle and the air exhausting means throughthe filler head and intermediate connecting means. The air is instantlyexhausted from the bottle, after which the lever or handle 16 isreleased and the valve 12 closes in the manner herein stated. The syrup,water and. gas or other carbonated liquid or beverage to be supplied, isturned on in the usual manner and flows into the bottle through thefiller head in the accustomed way, and after the bottle has been filled,it is closed by operating the lever or handle 16 or in any way commonlyprovided and depending upon the character and peculiar type of machineequipped with the invention.

From the foregoing it will be understood that the air contained in abottle to be filled, is not displaced or blown off by the inflowingliquid, but being exhausted from the bottle, preliminary to the fillingoperation, obviates the usual wasting of the material and greatlyfacilitates and expedites the filling operation and consequentlymaterially increases the capacity of the bottling machine to which theinvention is applied.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new is:

1. In combination, a filler head, a bottle closer operatingtherethrough, an air exhausting pipe connected with the filler head, aself closing valve arranged in the length of the exhaust pipe adjacentto the filler head, an operating lever and an arm independent of andexterior to the filler head for operating the exhaust valve uponactuating the operating lever and connected with the latter and with thebottle closer.

2. In combination, a filler head, a bottle closer operatingtherethrough, an air exhausting pipe. connected with the filler head, aself closing valve arranged in the length of the exhaust pipe adjacentto the filler head, and operating across said pipe parallel with thebottle closer, an operating lever for the bottle closer, and an armindependent of and exterior to the filler head for opening the exhaustvalve upon actuating the operating lever and connected with the latterand with the bottle closer and serving as connecting means between thesaid lever and bottle closer.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

CHARLES W. ELLIOTT. [L. s.] Witnesses:

WALTER PROCKTER, W. R. SHEETS.

